Brecht

     Playwright Eugene Berthold Brecht was a theater practitioner of the 20th century who is well-known by his plays and poems. He had a considerable influence on theatre  in 20th century.
        He first began writing while he worked at Army Hospital, and He studied in the Munich University for drama He has contributed a lot to the dramaturgy and theatrical production. From his late twenties, Bracht remained a lifelong committed Marxist who, in developing the combined theory and practice of his  " epic theatre" to explore the theatre as a forum for political ideas and the creation of a critical aesthetics of dialectical materialism.  
     One of his most important principles was what he called "the defamiliarization effect  ", which involved stripping the event of its self-evident, familiar,obvious quality and creating a sense of astonishment and curiosity about them.
   In addition, his impact is very crucial. For example, by the 1970s, Brecht's plays had surpassed Shakespeare's in the number of annual performances only in Germany.